darkcomet | 435958a141c1cbc27618a843db8b7bbf169cd9f97e935943e4a0f2afac4de1a4

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
105s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250410-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250410-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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12/04/2025, 10:05

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Size

662KB
MD5

b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e
SHA1

73c0df86edac3a096c8a81a3439223f008111b4b
SHA256

435958a141c1cbc27618a843db8b7bbf169cd9f97e935943e4a0f2afac4de1a4
SHA512

0211728fc08b660812daae991d0aea8aa724ae70be7c8304af1a3b2a48e6f154f841b37ec1187c726dc2bd9bc02fd3d157eecf9d23033d8bcfb45da2dd8b7c7a
SSDEEP

12288:e9HFJ9rJxRX1uVVjoaWSoynxdO1FVBaOiRZTERfIhNkNCCLo9Ek5C/hx:qZ1xuVVjfFoynPaVBUR8f+kN10EBj

Score

10^/10

darkcomet guest16 defense_evasion discovery rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Guest16

callofduty.zapto.org:1604

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-UVSM2TH

Attributes

gencode
6xMcBKzLptVC
install
false
offline_keylogger
true
persistence
false

rc4.plain

Signatures

Darkcomet
DarkComet is a remote access trojan (RAT) developed by Jean-Pierre Lesueur.
trojan rat darkcomet
Darkcomet family
darkcomet

Sets file to hidden 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Modifies file attributes to stop it showing in Explorer etc.

defense_evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
1044	attrib.exe
316	attrib.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2645532622-3298555945-705856666-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	notepad.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	attrib.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	attrib.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: 33	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: 34	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: 35	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
Token: 36	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 34 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2848	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	83
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2848	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	83
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2848	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	83
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 3180	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	84
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 3180	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	84
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 3180	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	84
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 5140 wrote to memory of 2892	5140	JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe	86
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1044	2848	cmd.exe	88
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1044	2848	cmd.exe	88
PID 2848 wrote to memory of 1044	2848	cmd.exe	88
PID 3180 wrote to memory of 316	3180	cmd.exe	89
PID 3180 wrote to memory of 316	3180	cmd.exe	89
PID 3180 wrote to memory of 316	3180	cmd.exe	89

Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

defense_evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
1044	attrib.exe
316	attrib.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5140
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k attrib "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe" +s +h
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2848
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
    attrib "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b1e82d7a7d0181205e6b17f7aa1e2f3e.exe" +s +h
    3⤵
    - Sets file to hidden
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Views/modifies file attributes
    PID:1044
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k attrib "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp" +s +h
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3180
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
    attrib "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp" +s +h
    3⤵
    - Sets file to hidden
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Views/modifies file attributes
    PID:316
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
  notepad
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2892

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Hide Artifacts

T1564

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/2892-1-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000AF1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/5140-0-0x0000000002240000-0x0000000002241000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/5140-2-0x0000000002240000-0x0000000002241000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/5140-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
716KB

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memory/5140-5-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
716KB

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Extracted

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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